@techreport{Eisenkopf2011Size,
abstract = {A small lie appears trivial but it obviously violates moral commandments. We analyze whether the preference for others' truth telling is absolute or depends on the size of a lie. In a laboratory experiment we compare punishment for different sizes of lies controlling for the resulting economic harm. We find that people are sensitive to the size of a lie and that this behavioral pattern is driven by honest people. People who lie themselves punish softly in any context.},
address = {Trier},
author = {Gerald Eisenkopf and Ruslan Gurtoviy and Verena Utikal},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C91; D03; D82; 330; Lying; norm violation; punishment; experiment},
language = {eng},
number = {02/2011},
publisher = {IAAEG},
title = {Size matters: When it comes to lies},
type = {IAAEG discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51417},
year = {2011}
}